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About Alex Curtis

Alex lives and works in Washington, DC. There he is Director of Policy and New Media for the public interest group Public Knowledge, where he works at the intersection of copyright and telecom policy. A passionate Mac user, Alex writes for the MacCast.com blog and his own blog, MacnCell.com.

Shira had a lot to say and so did the UK MP. What was interesting was that this panel discussion was for US policy makers and neither the MPAA nor the RIAA (the American movie and recording label associations) participated. The panel organizers were stuck with international representatives. As it turns out, though, the international people said everything the MPAA and RIAA wouldn't have said (publicly), which is why the panel was so useful.